Ethical issues in journalism and the media / edited by Andrew Belsey and Ruth Chadwick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Belsey, Andrew.

Chadwick, Ruth F.

Series:

Professional ethics.

Professional ethics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalistic ethics.

Journalism--Philosophy.

Journalism.

Journalism--Objectivity.

Privacy, Right of.

Mass media--Moral and ethical aspects.

Mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.

Summary:

This book examines the ethical concepts which lie at the heart of journalism, including freedom, democracy, truth, objectivity, honesty and privacy. The common concern of the authors is to promote ethical conduct in the practice of journalism, as well as the quality of the information that readers and audience receive from the media.

Contents:

Cover; Ethical Issues in Journalism and the Media; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; General editors' foreword; Preface; Chapter 1 Ethics and politics of the media: the quest for quality; Chapter 2 Journalism in the market place; Chapter 3 Owners, editors and journalists; Chapter 4 Freedom of speech, the media and the law; Chapter 5 Codes of conduct for journalists; Chapter 6 Privacy, publicity and politics; Chapter 7 Honesty in investigative journalism; Chapter 8 Objectivity, bias and truth; Chapter 9 Women and the press

Chapter 10 The oxygen of publicity: terrorism and reporting restrictionsChapter 11 Something more important than truth: ethical issues in war reporting; Select bibliography on ethics, journalism and the media; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-174) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-36096-8

9786610360963

0-203-00588-0

9780203005880

OCLC:

173221436